Opening hours: Monday to Thursday are 9am to 8pm, not 10am to 8pm.
(Hours for booking and viewing material in the Archives section are Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.00pm only.)
Prior appointment only necessary for archive maps.
Archive maps cannot be seen on Fridays and Saturdays.

Content: Archive maps comprise 19th century rating maps (Manchester); those in family collections,; those in various business collections; some deposited plans of public utilities; local area railway plans. Non-archive maps comprise circa 11,000 sheets plus 2,000 aperture cards. Historical and current maps of the Manchester area; some coverage of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Cheshire. Current 1:1,250 maps for the city, and 1:2,500 for the Greater Manchester area.

Photocopying and photography available, depending on size and condition.

Content: Circa 8,500 maps. Small scale current OS topographical and Geological Survey maps giving national coverage. Current and historical maps of all scales and themes covering Middlesborough, Cleveland county and the surrounding area.

Content: Circa 2,000 sheets. OS maps of north Bucks. and south Northants. at 1:2,500 and 1:1,250 scales including 19th century OS maps; Buckinghamshire at 1:10,560 and 1:25,000; Great Britain at 1:50,000 and 1:25,000. Current tourist mapping of USA, France, Germany and Italy. COLEMAN COLLECTION of 173 maps, 1612-1900 (Not yet available for public access).

Content: Circa 5,000 items. Town and County maps of Northumberland, Durham and Tyne-and-Wear from 1564; OS maps at scales 1:63,360/1:50,000, 1:25,000, and 1:10,560/1:10,000 (all eds.) for Northumberland and Durham; 1:2,500 for Newcastle, Gateshead, Tyneside and parts of south Northumberland; 1:1,250 for Newcastle and Tyneside; 1:500 for Newcastle. Local administrative and geological maps, Goad shopping centre plans.

0f interest is the SEYMOUR BELL COLLECTION (approx. 600 manuscript estate plans for the local area ca. 1790-1910).

Content: Approx. 1,800 maps, including superseded and current OS Superplan 1:1,250 and 1:2,500 maps for local area; 10,000/1:10,560 for parts of Norfolk. OS 1:63,360 Old Series (or First Edition). Various early maps (antisubrian and facsimile), both local and general.

Content: Approx. 3000 maps. Current OS maps of Britain at 1:50,000 and Norfolk at 1:25,000. Maps of West Norfolk at 1:10,000 and 1:2,500 - various dates from late 1950's to date. 1:1,250 maps of Kings Lynn (1960's and 1990's). Pre 1940 maps of West Norfolk at 25" and 6" and of Kings Lynn at 126" (1886).

Geological, administrative area, soil, admiralty charts, Goad plans and Rights of Way maps of West Norfolk and the Wash - various dates.

The STANLEY Collection includes 19th century maps and atlases, and Vancouver's charts.

Content: A number of antique Norfolk maps, and some of the Fenland. Maps of King's Lynn and sundry more localised maps of various types. Some large scale OS maps of King's Lynn, but no complete series.

Publications include three reproduction maps of King's Lynn: Bell's Groundplat (ca. 1680), Rastrick (1725) and Wood (1830); all published by the Friends of the Museum.

Mon-Fri 0930-1200, 1300-1630
Prior appointment essential for maps. Please ring to book a seat before you visit the Archives Office.

Content: OS maps (1888-1933) for Grimsby Borough and Grimsby Rural District. About 500 Manuscript and printed maps and plans for North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire area from 1707 (almost all post-1880).
Air Ministry photographs of Grimsby Borough, 1945 (Crown Copyright).

Content: Content: Over 800 sheets mostly covering the local area (Airdrie, Coatbridge and surrounding countryside): Ordnance Survey including 1st, 2nd and later editions at 1:2500 and 1:10560, also some at 1:1250 (mid 20th century) 1:63360, and 1:500 (1859); estate plans and feu maps; mineral maps; touring and tourist maps; geological maps; a few architectural, tramway, railway and engineering plans. The dates range from the early 19th century to the early 21st century. The oldest original map dates from 1816 (Forrest's map of Lanarkshire). In addition there 6 bound volumes of large scale OS maps of the Monklands area (dating from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century) and a large Atlas of Scotland (published by Thomson in 1832)